MANILA: The Philippines on Sunday (Aug 2) reported 5,032 additional coronavirus infections, its largest single-day increase so far, taking the country's confirmed cases to 103,185.
In a bulletin, the Department of Health also said the Southeast Asian country's coronavirus death toll had jumped by 20 to 2,059.
President Rodrigo Duterte was scheduled to meet key cabinet members on Sunday to discuss a call by medical frontliners' groups to put the capital Manila, which accounts for the bulk of infections, back under a stricter lockdown, his spokesman said.
Earlier on Sunday, the Philippines' health department vowed to update its game plan against COVID-19 within a week and sought to beef up the healthcare workforce in the capital Manila, where medical frontliners are calling for reviving strict lockdowns.